Eye Problems and Tissue Salts

Eye Problems and Tissue Salts

Here is a list of Tissue Salt helpful in Eye problems.

Ferr. Phos:
Suits well for any kind of inflammation with pain and redness and in three first stage before pus formation. It cures conjunctivitis, retinitis in the acute stage when the inflammation is dry with the eyes blood shot. Photophobia worse from artificial lights needs this remedy. For granular eyelids use it as local application. It is used in painful styes.

Mag. Phos:
Cures ptosis of the eyelids. It is a best remedy in neuralgia of the eye. Pain is relieved by warmth and aggravated by cold. It is useful in spasmodic squinting and twitching of the eyelids. The patient sees sparks and colours before the eyes. It is beneficial in contracted pupils, retinitis pigmentosa, ciliary’s and supra-orbital neuralgia.

Nat. Mur:
Cures corneal blisters and granulated eyelids with or without tears. The discharge is watery, clear mucus. There appear white spots on the cornea. It is useful in the beginning of cataract, glaucoma and iritis. It is a useful remedy in blocking of the tear ducts.

Nat. Phos:
Is indicated when the discharge is yellow and creamy in conjunctivitis. Lids are glued together in the morning. Burning, lacrimation, scrofulous ophthalmia, squints due to worms, boring pain of rheumatic origin in the eyes call for the use of this remedy.

Nat. Sulph:
Is highly recommended in the granular conjunctivitis. It has photophobia in ophthalmia. There is yellowness in the conjunctiva. Hypopyon requires this sulph.

Silcea:
Is a good medicine for suppurative styes. It cures deepseated abscess of the cornea. Cures boils and cystic tumors around the eyelids. It is very useful in scrofulous ophthalmia and cures corneal opacity, hypopyon, photophobia, etc.

Cal. Fluor:
Is the best remedy in cataract. It cures indurations in the lids. Flickering and sparks before the eyes, partial blindness, dimness of vision from overstraining the eyes calls for this remedy.

Cal. Sulph:
Is administered in deep ulcers on the cornea. It has thick and yellow pus. It cures pustular trouble of the eye and is useful in keratitis, conjunctivitis and ophthalmia neonatorum.

Cal. Phos: Is useful in checking the cataract. It is proved useful in dry inflammation during dentition. Eye troubles of rachitic and scrofulous children call for Cal. Phos.

Ashthenopia and homeopathy

Homeopathy for Eyes Problems ..Part 1

Asthenopia :

It is the inability to maintain the adjustment of the eye for short distances, for a sufficient period without fatigue. First of all, correct the defect by suitable glasses, and then select the remedy on the basis of symptoms.
A list of commonly used medicines is as under.

Symptom (s)
From Overuse temporarily relieved by cold water.

Suggested Medicine:
Aconite.

Symptom (s)

Muscular Asthenopia Can not fix the eyes long even on distant objects, Twitching of lids and sometimes even of facial muscles.

Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptom (s)

Stinging pain and Lachrymation : Better from cold applications.

Suggested Medicine:
Apis

Symptom (s)

Weakness of Ciliary's Muscles Eyes feel hot and dry, Asthenopia for want of accommodation, Eyes feel strained even from coarser kinds of work.

Suggested Medicine:
Argent Nit

Symptom (s)
Fatigue and Pain from using the Eyes On looking at near objects they become indistinct and blurred.

Suggested Medicine:
Calc carb

Symptom (s)

Letters run together when Reading Agglutination of the left eye in morning,Lachrymation in wind , Pain in eye when reading, Worse from candle light.

Suggested Medicine:
Chelidonium

Blurring of vision and other Problems

Part II Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Symptom (s)
Objects Look Yellow Spasmodic twitching of the orbicular muscules, Twitching in the muscles of the face, From irritation of worms in the intestine.

Suggested Medicine:
Cina

Symptom (s)
Blurring of vision relieved by winking Frequent inclination to blink.

Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptom (s)
Muscular Asthenopia, with weakness of especially the external rectus.

Suggested Medicine:
Gelsemium

Symptom (s)
In nervous hysterical females, From onanism.

Suggested Medicine:
Ignatia

Symptom (s)
Muscular Asthenopia, Muscles feel stiff and drawn and pain on moving them, Headache associated with eyestrain.

Suggested Medicine:
Natrum mur

Symptom (s)
Asthenopia in nearsighted persons, Eyes feel weak with lachrymator, Sight blurred, Drawing and twisting sensation in eyes.

Suggested Medicine:
Physostigma

Aching in the eys and other Problems

Part III Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Symptom (s)
Aching in and over eyes, after straining the eyes over fine works.
Suggested Medicine:
Ruta

Symptom (s)
Enlargement of the eye-ball, with protuberance of the Cornea.
Suggested Medicine:
Staphyloma


Symptom (s)
Opacity of the cornea, Scrofulous inflammation, Swelling of lids, Macula cornea covering pupil, bluish, consequently much obscuration of sight.
Suggested Medicine:
Cad sulph

Symptom (s)
Opacity of cornea milky white or bluish, After acute symptoms to remove the corneal opacity and the chronic thickening of the eyelids.
Suggested Medicine:
Calc carb

Symptom (s)
Cornea densely opaque and vascular, and specks on the cornea., Weakness and confusion of sight, Cramp-like drawing in the eye.
Suggested Medicine:
Cannabis sat


Symptom (s)
Cornea vascular or surrounded by a grayish opacity.
Suggested Medicine:
Merc sol

Symptom (s)
Opacities of the cornea following repeated and long-lasting attacks of inflammation of that membrane, Granular lids.
Suggested Medicine:
Zinc sulph

Ptosis and homeopathy

Part IV Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Ptosis (drooping):
It is the paralysis of the eyelids.


Symptoms:
Paralysis of the upper lids, especially left, pressure on the eyes rendering it impossible to open them, Dryness, burning, dim sight, Sensation of sand in the corner of the eye, Aggravation of symptoms in the evening and at night.

Suggested Medicine:
Alumina

Symptoms:
Inclination to close the eyes, lids seem heavy, even paralysis of upper eyelids, especially of right side difficulty in opening the eyes, with a sensation as if the eyes were swollen, Ptosis of rheumatic or Psoric origin.

Suggested Medicine:
Arnica

Symptoms:
Pain as from a bruise in the eyes, with difficulty in opening or inability of open the eyelids at night, Dryness and inflammation the eyelids.
Suggested Medicine:
Cocculus

Heavyness of eyelids and othe Problems

Part V Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Symptoms:
Great heaviness of the eyelids, can hardly open them or keep them open, Ptosis accompanied by thick speech, One can hardly speak.
Suggested Medicine:
Gelsemium

Symptoms:
Heaviness and stiffness of lids, as if paralyzed, Paralytic rigidity of the lids, Caused by getting wet or working in wet weather, of rheumatic origin.
Suggested Medicine:
Rhus tox

Symptoms:
Lids hand down as if paralyzed, Eyes half open and turned upwards, and snoring, Eyes red inflamed.
Suggested Medicine:
Opium

Symptoms:
Lids inclined to close as from paralysis, Ptosis accompanied by menstrual irregularity.
Suggested Medicine:
Sepia

Symptoms:
Sensation of stiffness around the eye, and in the eyelids, of rheumatic origin.
Suggested Medicine:
Kalmia

Bleeding from the Eyes

Part VI Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Bleeding from the eyes
Symptoms:
Blood exudes from eyes, Bleeding from every outlet of the body, yellow color of the eyes, Yellowness of the skin, Great prostration from such bleeding, Blood dark, fluid uncoagulable.

Suggested Medicine:
Crotalus horridus

Symptoms
Bleeding from the eyes, Blood with charred straw sediment, Cold clammy skin, Ailments of the left side markedly pronounced.

Suggested Medicine::
Lachesis

Symptoms:
Bleeding from eyes, Eyes inflamed with redness of the sclerotica,yellowish color and ecchymosis of sclerotica, intolerance of light worse mornings.

Suggested Medicine:
Nux Vomica

Symptoms:
Eyes surrounded by blue rings, lids puffy, swollen, Discharge of blood from eyes or any mucous outlet, Heat and burning sensation in eyes, especially in external Canthi.

Suggested Medicine:
Phosphorus

Dacryo Cystitis and homeopathy

Part VII Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Dacryo-Cystitis:

It is an acute inflammation of the lachrymal sac and is very painful, swelling sometimes extending to cheek, eyelids, and conjunctiva. After a few days, when the inflammatory symptoms subside, pus escapes and the opening heals, When the affection becomes chronic, a fistulas opening (fistula lachrymatis) is formed through this thin muco-purulent discharge come s out and there is constant Lachrymation, In sever cases ulceration may develop.
Here is a list of some medicines as per symptoms.

Symptoms:
In the beginning, inflammation of the lachrymal sac, with great heat, burning, shooting pains and fever, caused by cold, dry wind.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms:
Inflammation of the lachrymal duct, great intolerance of light, aggravation after 3 P.M.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Discharge profuse, Carancula swollen, standing out like a lump of red flesh.
Suggested Medicine:
Argentum nit

Symptoms:
Profuse, thick yellow, acrid discharge, Frequent inclination to blink.
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptoms:
When pus has formed, Great sensitiveness to touch and to cold.
Suggested Medicine:
Hepar sulph

Symptoms:
Thin excoriating discharge, Night aggravation.
Suggested Medicine:
Merc sol

Symptoms:
When pus is forming and a fistula is being developed particularly indicated when there is a pressure and heaviness, like lead, in occiput.
Suggested Medicine:
Petroleum

Symptoms:
Discharge profuse, and bland, Amelioration in open air and in cool place.
Suggested Medicine:
Pulsatilla

Symptoms:
Swelling of right lachrymal gland and sac, Skin inflamed, Sensitiveness to cold air, Better from warmth, wants covering.
Suggested Medicine:
Kali bich

Vision defects and other eye problmes

Part VIII Homeopathy for Eyes Problems 

Vision-Defect
It is defect in vision while looking at distant objects. When the defect is of great degree, the patient holds print near to the eyes to distinguish letters. The defect is curable by the administration of proper homeopathic remedy. In case of failure, use suitable glasses, selected by competent optician.

Symptoms
Short-sighted from overtaxing the eyes, Worse after exerting them Pains in the eyes after overtaxing them and from fine work, Must take exertion to distinguish letter when reading.
Suggested Medicine:
Carbo veg

Symptoms
Myopia due to spasm of the ciliary's muscles, Vision blurred, misty, Eyes weak and painful, Disturbed accommodation, Approximation of far point and also of near point (the accommodation recovers before the pupil), Double vision.
Suggested Medicine:
Physostigma

Symptoms
Tension (Spam) of accommodative apparatus of eyes, Vision disturbed, Vision dim, restored suddenly, Distant objects appear blurred, Swimming of distant objects.
Suggested Medicine:
Jaborandi

Tumor at the edge of eyelids and homeopathy

Part IX Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Styes:
It is a small inflammatory tumor near the edge of the eyelid.

Symptoms
Especially indicated in Styes on upper eyelid, Itching, burning, and swelling of lids, In the beginning the Styes disappear promptly under the action of this medicine.
Suggested Medicine:
Pulsatilla

Symptoms
When there is much inflammation, great sensitiveness of lids to touch, Unhealthy skin, slightest injury causing suppuration, When suppuration is inevitable, When there is a tendency to reappearance of the Styes.
Suggested Medicine :
Hepar sulph

Symptoms
When dry, hard lumps are left behind, or when the sate does not suppurate and break, but remains a hard nodule, Other indications being nightly agglutination of lids, biting and burning in inner Canthi, Itching of the margins of lids.
Suggested Medicine:
Staphisagria

Symptoms
Indicated for hardened Styes, and when there is violent burning and stinging in the lids and profuse Lachrymation in open air
Suggested Medicine:
Thuja

Hard , heavy eyes and other Problem

Part XI Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Blepharitis:
It is the inflammation of the eyelids.

Symptoms
In the beginning, Inflammation caused by dust, injury, cold especially dry cold, eyes red and inflamed, Heat and burning in eyes, Lids feel dry, hard and heavy, Sensitive to air, fever with dry hot skin and thirst.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms
Red inflamed eyelids, Slight oozing of the skin near the external angle of the eye, In obstinate cases, especially indicated in fretful children, Pustules on the ciliary's margins.
Suggested Medicine:
Antim Crud

Blepharitis and homeopathy

Part XIII Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Blepharitis (continued)

Symptoms
Dry humor in the eyelids and in the eyelashes, Outer canthi mostly affected, They crack and bleed, Chronic Blepharitis in scrofulous subjects affected with eczema, especially on head and behind ears.
Suggested Medicine:
Graphites

Symptoms
Eye inflamed with swollen inverted tarsi, Eyelids red, inflamed, swollen ulcerated on margins, scurfy, Worse from warmth of bed and in the evening.
Suggested Medicine:
Merc sol

Symptoms
Inflamed swelling in the inner canthus, with dryness of the inner side of the nose, Itching of lids, obliged to rub them, Pressure and heaviness, like lead, on the back of the head, rough and unhealthy skin.
Suggested Medicine:
Petroleum

Symptoms
Inflammation and swelling of the eyes and eyelids, with redness, Scattered watery vesicles on cheeks, Profuse Lachrymation, worse at night, in damp weather and better by warmth.
Suggested Medicine:
Rhus tox

Symptoms
Margins of lids dry, with hard lumps (nodules) inflammation and itching, Destruction of the hair follicles.
Suggested Medicine:
Staphysgaria

Symptoms
inflammation, swelling and redness of eyes, Much itching and burning, Lid-margins thick and granulated, Dry crusts in lashes, After suppression of an eruption, Child dislikes to be washed and bathed and also can not bear to have the eyes washed.
Suggested Medicine:
Sulphur

Symptoms
Scrofulous inflammation, worse on left upper lid, Eyelids thickened, inflamed, pustular, especially indicated when complicated with discharge from the ears, smelling like fish brine, Another peculiarity of the discharge is that it vesicates any part of the skin, it comes in contact with.
Suggested Medicine:
Tellurium

Glaucoma and Homeopathy

Part XIV Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Glaucoma:
An insidious disease characterized by increased tension within the eyeball, and gradual dimness of vision. If left untreated, it ends in blindness. Some of the symptoms are- a halo around candle-light, periodic dimness of sight, presbyopia, Aching pain in in the eyeball, Haziness of cornea etc. It may be acute or chronic, Symptoms of chronic condition being the same as that of acute one, but not so sharp.

Symptoms
In the beginning, after exposure to cold, dry wind, Pain extends over face, Eyeballs feel enlarged, as if coming out of the sockets.
Suggested Medicine:
Aconite

Symptoms
Excessive intolerance of light, Redness of eyes and face, Pain both in and around eyes, throbbing, may come and go suddenly, A sensation of weight and pressure in eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms
Eyes feel as if pressed out, often with sharp shooting pains through eyes and head, Eyes feel sore to touch and on moving them, Increased tension of eyeball.
Suggested Medicine:
Bryonia

Symptoms
Severe shooting pains along the course of supra-orbital nerve, particularly indicated when the pains are distinctly periodic.
Suggested Medicine:
Cedron

Symptoms
Intense aching pains in the eyeballs, Better by pressure, Worse by slightest motion, Ciliary's neuralgia.
Suggested Medicine:
Cimicifuga

Symptoms
Severe burning, aching, sticking, cutting pain in and around the eye, always relieved by firm pressure, and by walking in a warm room, worse by rest at night and by stooping, when it feels as if it would fall out.
Suggested Medicine:
Colocynth

Symptoms
Aching or pressure in eyes when reading, Weakness of vision, Photophobia, Sluggish adoption of the eye to varied range of vision.
Suggested Medicine:
Conium

Symptoms
Incipient glaucoma in syphilitic subjects, Vision dim and foggy, Burning in eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Kali Iod

Symptoms
Halo around the light, and various lights and colors (especially red) flashing before the eyes, Sensation as if something were pulled tightly over the eye, Black spots before the eyes and diminished vision, better in twilight.
Suggested Medicine:
Phosphorus

Symptoms
In rheumatic and syphilitic cases, Dull aching in eyes, Worse from motion light or exercise, Far-sighted.
Suggested Medicine:
Phytolacca

Symptoms
Severe crushing pain in the eye as if pressed asunder, or sharp shooting pain extending through eye back into brain or through the eye and corresponding side of the head.
Suggested Medicine:
Prunus spin

Night blindness and homeopathy

Part XV Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Night Blindness:
The patient sees well in bright light, but as soon as the intensity of light falls short of what he requires for his vision, he can not see the surrounding objects, be it in daylight or candle-light.

Symptoms
Night-blindness can see nothing after dusk, red or fiery posts before the eyes, colored halo around the Candle.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladoma

Symptoms
Night-blindness, Eyes dazzled and irritated by candle-light in evening, Black spots floating over eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Lycopodium

Symptoms
Blindness (at night) periodical
Suggested Medicine:
Stramonium

Symptoms
Night blindness, Halo around a lamplight, Cataract .
Suggested Medicine:
Sulphur

Styes and homeopathy

Part XVI Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Styes:

It is a deviation of the visual axes. The axis of one eye being directed to the object desired to be seen, while that of the other is turned too much inwards (internal squint) or outwards (Outer squint). The cause may be shortening of the internal or external rectus, paralysis or nervous disturbances. It is only in the case of squint caused by shortening of the recti, that surgical interference is required.

Symptoms:
Squint when turned to right.
Suggested Medicine:
Alumina

Symptoms:
When turned in left, after Ophthalmia, or overstrain by close work.
Suggested Medicine:
Calcarea carb

Symptoms:
For internal squint
Medicine suggested:
Cyclamen

Symptoms:
For external squint.
Suggested Medicine:
Natrum mur

Symptoms:
Squint when on alternate days
Suggested Medicine:
China sulph

Symptoms:
After convulsion, Periodic.
Suggested Medicine:
Cicuta

Symptoms:
For Morbid winking.
Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptoms:
For Morbid winking (Better in open air)
Suggested Medicine:
Euphrasia

Symptoms:
Morbid winking while reading
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Morbid winking while reading, Better in open air
Suggested Medicine:
Crocus

Symptoms:
Morbid winking in sunlight.
Suggested Medicine:
Mircurialis

Spasm of eyeball and other Eye Problem

Part XVII Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Blepharospasm:
The eyelids are violently and persistently closed. It is nearly always associated with intolerance of light and discharge of tears.


Symptoms:
Spasm of eyeballs and of the facial muscles, Generally the best remedy.
Suggested Medicine:
Agaricus

Symptoms:
Spasm, distortion and convulsions of the eyes.
Suggested Medicine:
Belladona

Symptoms:
Convulsive movements of the eyes, Eyes closed, when opening them they move about.
Suggested Medicine:
Cuprum

Ophthalmia and other Eye Problem

Part XVIII Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Ophthalmia and other affections:

It is the inflammation of the eye, especially of the conjunctiva, being the lining of the eyelids and the external coat of the eyeball. It may be of catarrhal, scrofulous, rheumatic, arthritic syphilitic, or gonorrheal origin.

Symptoms:

Ophthalmia following surgical operations, or resulting from a foreign body in the eye, Indicted in the beginning of many inflammatory affections of the eye, especially those arising from exposure to dry, cold winds, with great deal of heat, dryness and burning in the eye, Excessive sensitiveness and sensation of sand in the eye, Great intolerance of light, Aching in eyeballs, as if they would be forced out.

Suggested Medicine:

Aconite

Symptoms:

Sharp lancinating pain in and over the eyes, Supraorbital pain shooting up to the top of the head, Neuralgic pain as a reflex symptom from uterine or ovarian diseases.

Suggested Medicine:

Actea R

Symptoms:

One of the most characteristic symptoms is twitching in the eye, eyelids, and facial muscles, (most important remedy for spasm of the eyelids), Spasms of the lids and muscles of the eyes, especially the internal recti, little blister on cornea, Canthi red, itch an burn, Many symptoms worse when walking in the open air.

Suggested Medicine:

Agaricus

Symptoms:

Acute catarrhal opthalmia, with profuse, non-excoriating Lachrymation, Left eye worse, with redness of the eyeball, Copious watery excoriating discharge from the nose, Euphrasia is just the opposite i.e. excoriating discharge from the eyes but bland discharge from the nose), Worse in the evening and in warm room , Better in open air, Itching, burning and biting in the eye.

Suggested Medicine:

Allium cepa

Symptoms:

Chronic diseases, especially those of a catarrhal character, Asthenopia from irritated conjunctiva, Granular lids, Chronic Blepharitis, Paralysis of the upper lid, Sensation of burning and dryness in the lids, Nocturnal agglutination of lid and diurnal Lachrymation, Sensation of pressure and heaviness on the eyes, Great dryness of the mucous membranes so that the eyelids feel stiff and crack, Loss of power in the internal rectus.

Suggested Medicine:

Alumina

Symptoms:

Muscular Asthenopia from overstraining the eyes by prolonged use with appearance of yellow spots on looking at white objects, Eyes weak and watery after reading or using them at fine work, Burning and dryness in eyes, Myopia, Cataract.

Suggested Medicine:

Ammonium crb

Symptoms:

Scrofulous opthalmia, Canthi especial affected, more particularly outer Canthi, soreness of outer Canthi,, Redness and inflammation of the eyelids, Slight oozing of the skin near the external angle of the eye, Especially suited to infants and children, more particularly to children who are fretful, the most characteristic symptom, which may or may not be present, being a thick milk-white coating of the tongue, Opthalmia worse from being near a warm coating of the tongue, Ophtalmia worse from being near a warm stove, threat is from radiated heat, Chronic sore eyes of children.

Suggested Medicine:

Antim crud

Symptoms:

Rheumatic or arthritic opthalmia, Also gonorrheal opthalmia, Red, inflamed eye, Pain as of a bruise in the eyeball, especially on touching it, Shooting, burning and smarting in the internal Canthi.

Suggested Medicine:

Antim tart

Symptoms:

Most characteristic symptom-edematous swelling of eyelids, especially bag-like puffy swelling under the eyes, Pain burning, stinging and sore, Opthalmia-acute catarrhal or after eruptive diseases, Conjunctiva red, Puffy, chemotic, Great relief of pain already described, from cold water, Great sensitiveness of the eyes to light., Less tendency to the formation of pus, If erysipelatous, the lids are bluish red, looking watery, as if semitransparent, aggravation in the evening and forepart of night, Staphyloma, Pannus, Asthenopia

Suggested Medicine:

Apis

Symptoms:

Inimical to Apis, should not be used before or after Apis, Edematous swelling of the lids, true chemosis, hot, gushing Lachrymation, Formation of pus, highly characteristic, Lids erysipleltous, dusky red and together with the cheeks, studded with small watery vesicles, Pains usually of a drawing tearing character, although in erysipelas they may be burning or stinging, but with more itching than Apis, Eyelids often fell heavy and stiff, pains worse at night, particularly after midnight, warmth relieves.

Suggested Medicine:

Rhus tox

Symptoms:

Purulent opthalmia, Pus thick, yellow, bland and profuse, Opthalmia neonatorum, pus thick, yellowish an bland and profuse, Especially called for after the failure of Pulsatilla or one of the mercuries, Symptoms ameliorated from cold air and water and worse by warmth, Absence of objective, symptoms i.e. the patient complains of little or no trouble, Ulceration of cornea in infants, Opacity of cornea, Clusters of blood vessels extend from inner canthus to corneal border.

Suggested Medicine:

Argent nit

Symptoms:

Inflammation of eyes and lids, with burning pain, worse after midnight, better from warm applications, mental restlessness, corrosive Lachrymation, edematous eyelids, Chronic granulated lids, ulcer on the cornea, Yellowish color of the sclerotic, Excessive intolerance of light, Scrofulous cases.

Suggested Medicine:

Arsenic alb

Syphilitic Origin Iritis and other Eye Problem

Part XIX Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Symptoms:

Iritis, especially of syphilitic origin, Severe boring pains above the brows, Burning, throbbing pains in the eyes, or of the bones around the eyes, in the direction from within outwards, Better from rest and pressure, Iritis after the abuse of Mercury.

Suggested Medicine:

Asafoetida

Symptoms:

Scrofulous ophthalmia, Ulceration and great vascularity of cornea, Profuse scalding Lachrymation, eyes sensitive to light and touch, Better from pressure, Syphilitic, particularly suyphilitico-mercurial Iritis, with sore bruised sensation around the eyes, as if in the bones, Pain worse from touch, Perceive pain in eyeball from without inwards, Cervical glands enlarged and inflamed, Pannus, Hemiopia, Can see only lower half, upper half of objects as if covered with a dark body, Objects seem to be double or mixed up.

Suggested Medicine:

Aurum

Symptoms:

Sudden and violent congestion and inflammation of eyes. Eyes bright swollen, dry, hot burning, great intolerance of light, severe pains, Sensation as if the eye is enormously swollen, Affecting the right eye, more than the left.

Suggested Medicine:

Belladona

Symptoms:

Burning pains and vomiting follows, useful after operations on the eye.

Suggested Medicine:

Bryonia

Symptoms:

Scrofulous ophthalmia-swelling and redness of the lids, profuse Lachrymation, itching in the margins of lids, great intolerance of light, General symptoms are more important i.e. Sweaty head, cold, clammy feet, skin pale and flabby, bloated hard abdomen , A very good remedy for opacity of the cornea.

Suggested Medicine:

Calc carb

Symptoms:

Eyelashes turn inwards instead of outwards and irritate the eyeball, especially at the outer canthus, Dry, gummy exudation on the eyelashes, Morning agglutination, Tendency to wild hairs.

Suggested Medicine:

Borax

Symptoms:

When the patient is farsighted, Objects seem to be far off, Eyes as if loose in their sockets, In old people, dimness of sight while reading, but relieved by rubbing the eyes.

Suggested Medicine:

Carbo animalis

Symptoms:

Neuralgic pain of the eye, Severe shooting pain of the left eye, Clock-like periodicity of the pains.

Suggested Medicine:

Cedron

Eyelids start quivering and other Eye Problem

Part XX Homeopathy and Eye Problem 

Twitching of eyelids:
It is the condition in which eyelids start quivering.

Symptoms:

Twitching in eyeballs, Even twitching in facial muscles.
Suggested Medicine:

Agarcius

Symptoms:

Twitching of the orbicularis muscles.
Suggested Medicine:
Cicuta

Symptoms:

Twitching in the upper lid, especially left, Symptoms aggravated in the morning, Especially suited women and hysterical men, Must wink and wipe the eyes frequently as if a film of mucus were over them.
Suggested Medicine:
Crocus

Opacity in crystalline lens of the eyes

Part XXI Homeopathy and Eye Problem 


Cataract:
It is the opacity in crystalline lens of the eyes, or of its capsule, causing partial or total blindness. It is generally considered incurable by the administration of internal remedies. But there are cases on record, cured under Homeopathic treatment. The disease however being very poor in symptoms, the selection of homeopathic remedies adapted to the different forms of cataract is undoubtedly very difficult. The disease can hardly be removed in old people, by internal remedies. However, the treatment can eradicate the disease in young patients, prognosis being more favorable the younger a patient and the less advanced the malady.

Symptoms:

Right eye affected, Dryness, Black spots before eyes, Burning in eyes.

Suggested Medicine:
Ammon Carb

Symptoms:

Scrofulous inflammation with phlyctenuale and ulcer of cornea, Sparks before the eyes in the dark.

Suggested Medicine:
Baryta carb

Symptoms:
After acute inflammation of the eye.

Suggested Medicine:
Belladona